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Wide-Spreading Consequences Of Childhood Obesity

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Howlett, Davis and Burton discuss how childhood obesity is a wide-spread problem with life-altering consequences as well as how it is more apparent among low-income consumers. The authors reference the World Health Organization often citing many statistics to help support their topic. They also discuss how the location of stores and prices of food can play a role in childhood obesity. They emphasis the fact that unhealthy foods are much more inexpensive than healthy foods as well as how convenience stores or restaurants such as fast food restaurants are much more plentiful than their counterparts. Due to this, low-income consumers are likely to purchase unhealthy foods rather than healthy foods as it is considerably more cost efficient. Through

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